Bryce Canyon is a great place to learn about and see the effects of erosion. The amazing hoodoos stand in line, crumbling progressively shorter and skinnier as the canyon walls recede further away from them. Most fascinating is the uniformity of the sediment layers in the vast groupings of the hoodoos. Since these towers were at one time part of the complete canyon walls before erosion left them exposed, the sediment composition is identical. Some layers are more susceptible to erosion making them skinnier; all the layers vary in color; and in all of these differences between the layers, one thing remains the same, they're all the at the same level on each hoodoo.
As I mentioned previously, access to Bryce Canyon is from the top. The first glance into the canyon is from above, which provides an angle for sufficient appreciation, but to really experience these amazing feats of geology, one must walk down to the bottom and look up.
In our 36 or more hours in the park, we attempted to watch the sun both set and rise on the hoodoos. Unfortunately for the former we were too late, and for the latter we lost the sun in the clouds. We did however take advantage of our one full day by taking a hike on the Ferryland Trail.
Bryce may not have made the cut to be a wonder of the world, but it certainly is of America.
you're pics are looking great! makes me wanna get on my bike and catch up with yall!!!! That pic a few pages back of the dust storm desert barbedwired fence is F'n spectacular!!!!!!!!!! I want to get a blown up version of that for sure!!!!!!! how big do you have that file? :))??
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